[tied] Re: Venus [was: Why borrow 'seven'? (was: IE right & 10)]

From: "Joao" <josimo70@...> Date: Wed Sep 22, 2004 6:40 pm
Subject: Cardinal Points: Vesper and Shower
Latin vesper and Greek hespero points to a PIE *wesperos "evening,
west, sunset". It seems perfect. Too perfect. Is there some
possibility that or Italic *vesperos or Proto-Greek *wesperos were
borrowed from one to another? I think it's strange that so clear
roots is not present in another IE language.Germanic has a cognate
*westaz, with an anomalous Gothic visi- (<*west-si-?).What are the
another IE cognates of this root *wes-? What are the cognates of
Germanic *sku:raz "shower" and Russian sever "north"? Joao SL

Glen wrote:

Some words that I'm re-translating for myself in Etruscan are:

/usil/ -> does NOT mean "sun", probably "night"
/usilane/ -> NOT "at noon" but "in the evening"

Me:

Is it possible that Etruscan usil is related to Proto-Greek wesperos
or Italic vesperos?

Regards

Morten